Cyril Ramaphosa says police, backed by military, will keep "pulling out all stops" on violent crime

Two large‑scale gun attacks in South Africa this weekend left more than two dozen people dead and dozens injured, one at a tavern near Johannesburg and another at a barbecue site outside Cape Town; the assailants, armed with rifles and pistols, fled after setting fire to vehicles and no arrests have been made. Police said the incidents may be linked to a prior clash at the Johannesburg venue, but a motive has not been established. President Cyril Ramaphosa responded by saying that law‑enforcement agencies, supported by the military, will intensify all available measures to curb the surge in violent crime, reiterating earlier deployments of troops to crime‑prone areas. The shootings add to the nation’s already high daily murder rate, prompting renewed calls for stronger security actions.